13 reasons to check out Nat Geo's 'The '90s: The Last Great Decade?' tonight

Tonight, the National Geographic Channel—or, as the hepcats call it, Nat Geo—will air the first installment of The ’90s: The Last Greatest Decade?, a three-night documentary series event that explores what is undoubtedly the Internet’s favorite ten years.

You might be asking, “Why do I need to see yet another nostalgic docuseries/blog post/revived children’s show or movie about a decade that gave the world The Postman?” Well, friendly naysayer, we’ll tell you: The special features a bunch of famous people saying fun/interesting/silly things about the past. You love fun/interesting/silly things about the past! Don’t you?

Narrated by Rob Lowe, the first two-hour episode of The ’90s features commentary from the likes of James Van Der Beek (Dawson’s Creek), Eric Schmidt (Google), and Colin Powell (uh, the government); topics range from Kurt and Courtney’s tabloid drama to The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’s role in healing race relations in post-riot L.A., as well as political events like the first Iraq War and the rise and fall and rise of President Bill Clinton.

To give you a taste of what to expect, here are some of our favorite quotes and moments from tonight’s episode:

James Carville, political operative: “The only problem with the ’90s is that it didn’t last long enough.”

Tucker Carlson, man who marinates in pornography: “Looking back on the ’90s gives you a sense at how much our sexual attitudes have changed. I mean, keep in mind—it wasn’t that long ago, but this was before every American man was marinating in pornography.”

Matthew Perry and Jennifer Aniston: Okay, this last one isn’t a quote from them, just a video of the old Microsoft instructional video that the documentary brought back to our attention: